so i'm listening to npr this morning, as always, and a not-so-funny thing happened. they have a story entitled 'Ten Commandments Rulings Split Religious Conservatives'. ok. but listening to the piece they intersperse the terms 'religious conservatives' with 'religious leaders' and they throw in a self-introduced section highlighting Focus on the Family's James Dobson 'doctoral' credentials. then since dobson is so strident in his views, they bring in some balance--- with jay sekulow of the right-wing american center for law and justice and some guy from the right-wing heritage institution.

i know the perspective of the piece was supposed to be the 'split' among 'religious conservatives,' but in reality there wasn't much of a split and it was more a puff piece on how great they all are in 'defending religious liberty' crap.

where's the real balance in the story with mainstream religious leaders, or liberal religious leaders, or progressive groups who care about religious liberty like my old office of americans united for separate of church and state or the aclu? even if for some perspective on the differences of opinion on the ten commandments rulings?

and then i remember that just recently these were the headlines in the news everywhere:
"Public Broadcasting Could Lose Half its Government Funding"
"Public Broadcasting Funds Restored, Right-Wing President Named to CPB"
"Ex-GOP leader gets key public TV post"
and it all starts to sink in. they've been here, waiting, for a million years and now they've taken over everything, seeping into every part of our society, including the last bastions of 'balanced' news reporting and coverage. and it's all not so surprising any longer...